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A strand of mRNA containing the following repeating sequence: AAGAAGAAGAAG. This sequence of mRNA codes for?

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Lysine- Lysine- Lysine- Lysine

Step-by-step explanation:

This question is describing the process of translation, which is the process by which a mRNA sequence is used as template to produce an amino acid sequence. In the translation process, the mRNA sequence is read in a group of three nucleotide bases called CODONS. Each codon specifies an amino acid.

According to this question in which the following mRNA sequence is given; AAG-AAG-AAG-AAG, one would notice that each codon (AAG) in the sequence is the same and hence codes for only LYSINE amino acid using the genetic code. The amino sequence will read thus: Lysine- Lysine- Lysine- Lysine

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